Zelda Master Sword Forged For Fan

An anonymous reader writes "Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep? Are you the biggest Zelda fan on the block? Well, take a gander at what this Zelda fan owns... a real-life replica of the famous Master Sword from the Legend of Zelda series." The article mentions: "After a ten-month wait period and a £1,800 transaction (around $3,300)... [a Scottish] blacksmith provided updates of his progress during the one-and-a-half-month forging process."

Wicked.

[b0r0din]

Now if I he could only forge a lightsaber.

"After 2 months and four limbs later, the lightsmith completed the feat. However, the buyer, a Mr. D. Maul, could not be located for comment."

pretend?

[alexdm]

Do you pretend you are the Hero of Time in your sleep?

sorry, i don't pretend.

Re:Wicked.

[MountainLogic]

More detail about Mr. D. Maul can be found here [rutledgemaul.com]

Re:ok

[mwheeler01]

slay moblins, duh!

Boggle?

[Wylfing]

What is this a vorpal +5 or something? $3300 seems a little steep to me unless it's got some special powers. I mean, this [yahoo.com] will slice through any material known to man and it's only $17.99.

Up next...

[Creepy Crawler]

2 people..

1: Person who can craft (FF7) Cloud's sword

2: Person who can LIFT said sword

Re:ok

[jwriney]

Slay people that can't capitalize or spell, maybe?

--riney

Some day...

[Jerf]

Some day, some poor anthropologist is going to find this, and write a paper wherein they detail their amazing discovery that Zelda wasn't just a video game, but a true story, and here's the sword to prove it!

Sad part is he/she/it might be believed; more people believe in Atlantis on less evidence...

I'd Rather...

[MalaclypseTheYounger]

Have the little blue bombs from Zelda. Those were cool. Pricey, but cool.

Bah...

[shadowcabbit]

...call me when this shoots beams when the wielder's at full hearts.

This is going to end badly.

[gklinger]

I can see the police report now: "Perpetrator entered the victim's home at which time he was impaled by a 'Master Sword'. Victim claimed he thought perpetrator was a 'boss' and was hoping his death would result in the release of someone named 'Zelda'. Further investigation required. Psychiatric evaluation of victim strongly recommended."

Hmm.... BFG

[superpulpsicle]

The weapon that all kids want is the BFG from Doom.

Nothing better than shooting a green pulse at the wall and wipe out your entire town.

What I really want

[Pizzop]

Call me when they make the Hookshot

Re:Boggle?

[MarkGriz]

Special powers? Perhaps.

But, unlike the $3300 sword, the Mighty Titan Titanium Knives were probably not made in Scotland.
And as most people know, "if it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!!!!!"

In Other News

[Synic]

The commissioner was also inducted into the Guinness Book of Record's new category of "Geekiest Man Alive."

Forged...

[Terminal Saint]

Heh, this thing's "forged" in more ways than one...

Master sword is easy, Biggoron sword is hard.

[Psykechan]

Alright, you pay 1,800 for a sword and it's not even the best one possible.

Here's [zeldacentral.net] what you do. Use some blue body paint on a chicken and start the whole trading process. Walk around asking if anyone will trade you something for your blue chicken, then trade whatever they gave you for something new. Eventually someone will gove you a broken sword. Stop right there for a minute.

If you're having trouble with this so far, go to a flea market or a swap meet. Someone will give you something for a blue chicken.

Anyway, now that you have a broken sword, take it to a very very big blacksmith with bad eyes. He will help you only if you can cure his condition. For this, we need the assistance of a fat, fishy smelling, naturopathic [anma.com] optometrist.

This doctor will insist that the blacksmith needs eyedrops made from frogs, so get an "eyeball frog" from him and take it to the pharmacy. Since this guy is also a well respected fishmonger, you may also want to pick up some salmon steaks for dinner [foodnetwork.com] but don't waste too much time as the frog has an extremely low shelf life.

After the pharmacy mixes up the frog eyedrops compound, hurry over to your gigantic blacksmith and give him the medicine. Remember, time is of the essence as the drops (and your dinner) will spoil. They will (miraculously) work and allow him to see. Ask that he immediately begin work on your sword as thanks.

Forging the sword will take 3 days as opposed to the one and a half months for the Master sword. It also may be cheaper depending on how much your out-of-network optometrist charges you. One more thing, you won't be able to wield a shield while using this sword, but I don't think that should be a problem. Enjoy.

Re:Wicked.

[SamSim]

Once some armourer has finished a working replica of the Gold Gauntlets, the weight of the sword won't be an issue.